Northern Ireland: Abortion Is Not a Crime

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Women and girls are suffering due to the near-total ban on abortion in Northern Ireland. They can face up to life in prison for a health service freely provided on the NHS everywhere else in the UK. This Victorian-era law predates the light bulb.

It must be brought into the 21st century – urgently, before more women are criminalised, forced to travel for procedures, or left to suffer alone.

Tell the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland that abortion is a healthcare and human rights issue — a matter for women and their doctors, not police and judges.

Source: amnesty